Period 1 Warming up and reading 课件制作：苏翠云

1. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 2. Good health is over wealth. 3. Health is happiness.

Is he a healthy person? A healthy person is someone who is healthy in both body and mind.

What may do harm to our health? health issues staying up late,playing cigarette smoking drinking alcohol drug taking physical fitness stress AIDS and infections anxiety diet cancer

What may do good to our health? health things helpful regular exercise A healthy diet caring or loving physical activity active; thankful happy enthusiastic

Can you tell which activity is healthy and which is unhealthy?

Singing Healthy

Dancing Healthy

Swimming Healthy

Playing tennis Healthy

Drinking alcohol Unhealthy

Eating too much Unhealthy

Unhealthy cigarette smoking Smoking means committing progressive suicide

Reading Advice from Grandad

A grandfather wrote the letter to his grandson James. This letter aims to explain how a smoker becomes addicted to cigarettes and why he should give up. Two parts. The first part is a letter and the second part is an internet page. 1. How many parts does the reading text consist of? 2. Who wrote the letter to whom? 3. What is the purpose of the letter? Fast reading

A. The writer leads to the topic of the letter by talking about James’ problem of smoking. B. Introducing some different ways of becoming addicted. C. Telling the writer’s hope for his grandson and advice on stopping smoking. D. Telling the harmful effects of smoking. E. From the life the writer is leading now, we can know the importance of healthy life

Fill in the chart on the next page with information from the reading passage.

Information from the reading passage. Different ways people can become addicted to cigarettes 1.physically addicted to nicotine 2. addicted through habits 3. mentally addicted

Harmful physical effects for smokers 1. do terrible damage to heart and lungs 2. have difficulty in becoming pregnant 3. can not run fast

Effects that a person’s smoking can have on other people Effects that smoking can have on sporting performance 1. other people dislike the smell 2. The cigarette smoke may do harm to other people near the smoker. be unable to enjoy sport

1)______________ 2)______________ 3)______________ 4)______________ 5)______________ 6)______________ Prepare yourself Be determined Break the habit Relax Get help if you need it Keep trying Suggestions on how to _______ smoking:quit

1.The first sentence of the letter shows James’ grandad ______ A. Lives a healthy life B. has nothing to do at home. C. is addicted to sitting in the garden

2.In what way did the old man try to persuade his grandson to give up smoking? A. Using scientific theory B. His failure in love C. His sports activity D. His own experience

3.According to the letter, James’ grandad ___ A. didn’t give up smoking B. used to be a member of the school football team C. wrote down the advice from his experience

4. _____ forced James’ grandad to give up smoking. A. That he ran too slow B. his girlfriend C. That he was taken off the school football team

5.What does the underlined word mean in the sentence “If you do the same thing over and over again, you begin to do it automatically.” A.

A: Someone who gets addicted to smoking. B: One of A’s family members or friends or classmates, etc. B tries to gives A some helpful advice and persuade him/her to give up smoking. How to ask for advice What should I do? Could you tell me what to do? Can you give me some advise? How to give advice You’d better… I think you ought to.. Perhaps you should… I suggest that you… Consolidation

1. Make sentences with the following words and phrases: due to addicted to accustomed to automatically mentally manage pregnant quit decide on eventually 2. Search on the Internet or other sources for information about how to stop smoking. Homework